The developer, David S. Gallant, created the point-and-click adventure game, I Get This Call Everyday, with extremely simple graphics and a very basic premise in mind. You play as a disgruntled office worker who spends his day in a cubicle answering customer phone calls. The player is given a limited number of reactions to customer conversations.

Players can either be somewhat curt with a customer or drag it out into a long awkward conversation. Gallant created the game to express how he feels about his part-time job working in Revenue Canada’s customer service department.

The Toronto’s Star’s first story on Gallant’s game caught the attention of National Revenue Minister Gail Shea. Through their communication’s Director, Clark Olsen, this statement was sent to the Toronto Star:

“The Minister considers this type of conduct offensive and completely unacceptable. The Minister has asked the Commissioner (of Revenue, Andrew Treusch) to investigate and take any and all necessary corrective action. The Minister has asked the CRA to investigate urgently to ensure no confidential taxpayer information was compromised.”

On the bright side, all this publicity has increased the sales of Gallant’s game and has helped his career as a game developer. The Toronto-based video game community has also rallied behind Gallant defending his game’s artistic integrity.

To date, I Get This Call Every Day has made just over $3600. Two days ago, the game had only made $1300. You do the math.